In addition, you'll have access to Kortext's smart study tools including highlighting, notetaking, copy and paste, and easy reference export. I also really liked the space given for personal notes - it is so much easier than having to try and cram notes around the text, and means that the relevant notes are next to the correct page. It is concise, so you don't feel like you have to read through loads of text to find what you want, plus the contents page is extremely useful for quickly finding what you need.

The new edition of this hugely successful book has been revised and new sections added, whilst retaining its unique systematic format. I LOVE this book - it has all the key examinations with each fitting on a single double page spread. Clear, step-by-step guides to each examination, including useful things to say to the patient (or an examiner), detailed descriptions of special tests, etc. Love the way that it tells you exactly how the examination should be carried, why you are palpating/auscultating or percussing (extra information/potential findings) You then turn the page and it gives you differentials based on what you have found on your examination.It is particularly suitable for medical students preparing for OSCEs and those learning to examine patients, but is also very popular with Paramedic Science, PA, ANP and ACP students. The book is well presented for learning examinations; using a table format, explanations are given without detracting from the process of the examination.

weeks — admission documents, containing your allocated examination date, time and location will be sent a minimum four weeks in advance of your examination date. I am a second year medical student, and I bought this book on the recommendation of a fifth year medical student who was teaching me. Extremely useful book "Good that it doesnt overlook basics like 'wash hands, introduce self' as it's all part of the exam. In summary, I would thoroughly recommend this for any medical student wanting an easy way to brush up on their examination techniques, and especially for newbies, as it guides you through the exam step-by-step.You are required to conduct a respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and abdominal examination in addition to demonstrating your communication skills. It features all the core and specialties examinations and has a detailed list like description of all the steps you need to take to complete each examination. Usually you should examine from the patient’s right-hand side, although some examinations require you to move around the bed.

Some examinations, of course, follow their own unique sequence; these are the most difficult to learn and so you must become very familiar with them. When you are expected to give differentials for findings this book will help with that 👌🏼 it also covers heart murmurs, skin lesions, PR exam. This makes space for other useful information, and detailed descriptions of less familiar elements of examination where the margins between looking slick and looking awkward are narrower. In the UK, directly after graduation from medical school, the first step of training in medicine is two years of foundation training in a UK hospital. It goes without saying that when examining patients, in an OSCE or not, you should appear smart (this includes hair, facial hair and clothing) and be ‘bare below the elbows’.

It describes the examinations in a clear systematic manner which is easy to remember "Must have book for medical student. The size of the book also means that it is easy for students to transport and keep with them out in clinical practice, meaning they can refer to it during their practice time and use it as a handy reference guide. Has everything you could possibly need in an examination textbook/revision guide, no need for any others. At each station there is either a patient with a known clinical condition, or a trained stand-in (surrogate).